Europe moves to choke Sudan's war by banning its gold

World

The EU cut off Sudanese gold to starve a two-year war of money, as Ukraine opens a new naval front, US inflation falls for the first time since 2020, and DR Congo's Ebola toll is likely far worse than the official count.

Finance

Kevin Warsh used his first testimony to Congress to end the Fed's 15-year habit of signalling its next move, even as fresh data showed inflation falling for the first time since 2020.

Tech

A one-year moratorium on large data centers lands as the biggest US grid falls short of its own power target for the first time — the compute boom is hitting a physical wall.

Mind & body

A workout doesn't build muscle.

Climate

New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois all acted on July 14 to protect electricity customers from the cost of the data-center buildout — the first political pushback against a strain that's been building for months.

Space

US regulators cleared a satellite that beams sunlight down after dark, saying its effect on the night sky falls outside their authority.

Biotech

Biogen's anti-tau drug diranersen slowed cognitive decline as well as approved medicines, with fewer risks — yet missed its primary trial goal, because the lowest dose worked best.

Money

Every month you pay the same amount, yet for years the balance barely moves.

Sports

A new body that vets endorsement money for college athletes has blocked roughly $90m, judging the deals worth less than they were priced.

Gaming

A tiny studio with a runaway hit had every reason to charge more, and every buyer braced for it — then it held the line, in a week when the rest of the industry was pushing prices the other way.

Food

Economists say a historically strong El Niño could jolt world food prices while the Iran war is already lifting them — two shocks landing at once on the same shelves.

Cyber

July's Patch Tuesday fixed 570 to 622 flaws depending on how you count, almost three times June's record, with three zero-days already under attack.